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Iran, Art and Global Exchange
What if art was seen as a more important part of our culture? In today's Academic Minute, Yale University's Kishwar...
Talking Trump in Class
Communication professor establishes ground rules for political conversations with his students in class. Could they be useful to other academics struggling with how to encourage productive conversations about the president, while not losing control of the syllabus?
A Boom in Promise
While California considers a plan to cut tuition and lower the cost of going to college, more than 50 local free two-year initiatives are popping up across the state.
Opinion
Don't Just Defend Science, Mobilize It for the People
While science is under attack, it could be an opportunity to advance a much stronger vision of how it can serve the common good, writes Sigrid Schmalzer.
Opinion
The Future of Science in an Uncertain Era
The Trump administration fails to realize that the scientific enterprise is an economic multiplier with extraordinary reach, creating jobs from the lab to the land, writes David M. Lodge.
Calif. Democrats Propose Debt-Free College Plan
California Democratic legislators proposed a college aid plan Monday to cover tuition and living expenses for the state's students in...
The Best Young Scientists? Immigrant Children
A majority of the most talented young scientists -- measured as finalists in the 2016 Intel Science Talent Search, a...
Carol Christ Named Next Berkeley Chancellor
Carol T. Christ (right), a longtime faculty member and administrator at the University of California, Berkeley, was on Monday named...